Part 5 (1/2)
Lying at anchor, Dartmouth harbor.
Monday, Aug. 14/24.
Moving cargo and overhauling and retr.i.m.m.i.n.g s.h.i.+p.
Tuesday, Aug. 15/25.
Lying at Dartmouth. At on s.h.i.+p.
Wednesday, Aug. 16/26.
Ditto. Found a plank feet long loose and admitting water freely, as at a mole hole.
Seams opened some.
Thursday, Aug. 17/27.
Lying at Dartmouth. Some dissension among chief of pa.s.sengers. s.h.i.+p's ”Governor”
unsatisfactory.
Friday, Aug. 18/28.
Lying at Dartmouth. Still at work on s.h.i.+p.
Sat.u.r.day, Aug. 19/29.
Still lying at Dartmouth.
Sunday, Aug. 20/30.
Lying at Dartmouth.
Monday, Aug. 21/31 Still at Dartmouth. Overhauling completed.
Cargo relaced. Making ready to go to sea.
Tuesday, Aug. 22/Sept. 1.
Still at Dartmouth. Lying at anchor ready for sea.
Wednesday, Aug. 23/Sept. 2.
Weighed anchor,' as did also MAY-FLOWER, and set sail. Laid general course W.S.W.
Wind fair
Thursday, Aug. 24/Sept.3.
Fair wind, but s.h.i.+p leaking.
Friday, Aug. 25/Sept. 4.
Wind fair. s.h.i.+p leaking dangerously.
MAY-FLOWER in company.
Sat.u.r.day, Aug. 26/Sept. 5.
About 100 leagues [300 miles] from Land's End. s.h.i.+p leaking badly. Hove to.